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Systems and methods automatically updating contact information

a technology of contact information and automatic updating, applied in the field of wireless communication, can solve the problems of reducing the benefit of mobile communications, reducing the cost of such mobile communication devices and mobile communication services, and rendering subscribers inconvenient for extended portability, etc., and achieve the effect of facilitating automatic updating of contact information

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-12
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0009] In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the contact update component can further include a security component that that employs at least one security technique in relation to access of contact information, wherein the security technique can be a human interaction proof (HIP), a voice verification, a verification question, a geographic region, a degree of defining relationship, a website (e.g., utilizing a degree of defining relationship), etc. In another aspect of the subject invention, the contact update component can further include a broker component that can implement a hand-shake technique to ensure approval of access to contact information. In still another aspect of the subject invention, the contact update component can include a filter component that can provide a tiered amount of contact information to a mobile communication device. In other aspects of the subject invention, methods are provided that facilitate automatically updating contact information.

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Furthermore, these mobile telephones were significant in size, rendering them inconvenient for extended portability based at least in part upon size (e.g., battery, housing, circuitry, etc.).
In other words, the benefit of mobile communications was diminished due to the inconvenient characteristics associated with such former mobile communication devices.
More importantly, the costs of such mobile communication devices and mobile communication services have decreased rapidly due to various technological advancements within the industry.
. . yet deficiencies still exist relating to the input of information.
Regardless of the technological advances within the mobile communications industry, users find entering, storing, and / or updating contact information within a mobile communication device pain-staking, mind-numbing, monotonous, and annoying.

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[0024] As utilized in this application, terms “component,”“system,”“interface,” and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, software (e.g., in execution), and / or firmware. For example, a component can be a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a program, and / or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a server and the server can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and a component can be localized on one computer and / or distributed between two or more computers. Furthermore, as utilized in this application, terms “mobile communication device,”“mobile communications service,”“wireless provider,”“cellular telephone,”“cell phone,” and “wireless device” and the like are intended to refer to wireless communications.

[0025] The subject invention is described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements througho...

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Abstract

The subject invention provides a system and / or a method that facilitates automatically updating contact information. An interface can receive identification data related to a first mobile communication device, wherein a contact update component can provide contact information to a second mobile communication device and automatically update such contact information. The update can be before, during, and / or after a communication session between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device. Moreover, the update can be applied to an address book and / or a memory storage associated with the second mobile communication device.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention generally relates to wireless communications, and more particularly to systems and / or methods that facilitate automatically updating and / or storing contact information associated with such wireless communications. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In the not too distant past, mobile communication devices in general, and mobile telephones in particular, were luxury items only affordable to those with substantial income. Furthermore, these mobile telephones were significant in size, rendering them inconvenient for extended portability based at least in part upon size (e.g., battery, housing, circuitry, etc.). For example, in contrast to today's mobile telephones (and other mobile communication devices), mobile telephones of the recent past could not be placed into a user's pocket and / or handbag without causing extreme discomfort. In other words, the benefit of mobile communications was diminished due to the inconvenient characteristics ass...

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IPC IPC(8): H04Q7/38H04W12/00
CPCH04M1/274516H04M3/42382H04W12/00H04M2203/554H04M2207/18H04M3/4931H04M1/2757H04W12/50H04W12/72H04W8/24H04W48/08
Inventor KOCH, ZEKE
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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